Ronald Reagan: “It was to protect the integrity of the Constitution, not to add to it…”

On the recordFebruary 17, 1988

It was to protect the integrity of the Constitution, not to add to it or subtract from it—certainly not to rewrite it.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at the Swearing-In Ceremony for Anthony M. Kennedy as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

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Ronald Reagan: “It was to protect the integrity of the Constitution, not to add to it or subtract from it—certainly not to rewrite it.”